"an approval rating of 56%, based on nine reviews, and is certified ""rotten"". ""The Vampire Lovers"" was released on 26 August 2003 on DVD by MGM Home Video (Fox Video) as a double-sided ""Midnite Movies Double Feature"" DVD consisting of both ""The Vampire Lovers"" and ""Countess Dracula"" (1971). Scream Factory released the film on Blu-ray on 30 April 2013. The Vampire Lovers The Vampire Lovers is a 1970 British-American gothic horror film directed by Roy Ward Baker and starring Peter Cushing, Ingrid Pitt, Madeline Smith, Kate O'Mara and Jon Finch. It was produced by Hammer Film Productions. It is based"
"2006 DVD release followed from Dark Sky Films. Theatrical trailers from the film were used in the 1996 VHS release, ""Nightmare Theater's Late Night Chill-o-rama Horror Show Vol.1"". Finding the film in the U.K. seems to have been more difficult. Hardy wrote in 1986 that ""all prints of it appear to have been destroyed"". The first mention of it being available in the U.K. for home viewing is its 2007 DVD release by Simply Media. Blood of the Vampire Blood of the Vampire is a 1958 British colour horror film, produced by Robert S. Baker and Monty Berman for Tempean"
"Hammer Film Productions Hammer Film Productions is a British film production company based in London. Founded in 1934, the company is best known for a series of gothic horror films made from the mid-1950s until the 1970s. Many of these involved classic horror characters such as Baron Frankenstein, Count Dracula, and The Mummy, which Hammer re-introduced to audiences by filming them in vivid colour for the first time. Hammer also produced science fiction, thrillers, film noir and comedies, as well as, in later years, television series. During their most successful years, Hammer dominated the horror film market, enjoying worldwide distribution"
"hiatus. The initial success of the Hammer Horror series led to tributes and parodies: Hammer Film Productions Hammer Film Productions is a British film production company based in London. Founded in 1934, the company is best known for a series of gothic horror films made from the mid-1950s until the 1970s. Many of these involved classic horror characters such as Baron Frankenstein, Count Dracula, and The Mummy, which Hammer re-introduced to audiences by filming them in vivid colour for the first time. Hammer also produced science fiction, thrillers, film noir and comedies, as well as, in later years, television series."
"vampire from the Karnstein family, and is sometimes considered part of the same continuity, albeit set in England rather than Central Europe. The biology of the vampires in Hammer's Karnstein films is different from that of the Dracula series, as the Karnstein vampires can walk about in daylight and are immune to fire. Some of this is retained in the 1972 Hammer film ""Vampire Circus"". The Karnstein Trilogy The Karnstein Trilogy of vampire films were produced by Hammer Films, and were notable at the time for being somewhat daring in explicitly depicting lesbian themes. All three films were scripted by"
"Vampyres (film) Vampyres is a 1974 British erotic/lesbian vampire horror film directed by José Ramón Larraz. It was filmed on location in England. Two beautiful women, Fran (Marianne Morris) and Miriam (Anulka Dziubinska) roam the English countryside. They lure unsuspecting men to their estate for orgies of sex and blood. But when an innocent young couple John and Harriett (Brian Deacon and Sally Faulkner) stumble into the vampires' lair, they find themselves sucked into an unforgettable vortex of savage lust and forbidden desires. Effective use is made of erstwhile Hammer horror set Oakley Court. Eroticism and graphic violence are interspersed"
"(1931) and ""Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"" (1941). After World War II, emphasis shifted to films that more often drew inspiration from the insecurities of life, utilising new technology and dividing into three the subgenres of horror-of-personality, the horror-of-Armageddon and the horror-of-the-demonic. However, during the late 1950s and early 1960s, the British company Hammer Film Productions enjoyed huge international success from Technicolor films involving classic Gothic horror characters, often starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, particularly ""Dracula"" (1958), which resulted in many sequels into the 1970s. The 1983 vampire film ""The Hunger"" provided a highly influential modernised and urbanised version"
"Lavender Hill Mob"" (1951) and ""The Ladykillers"" (1955), but the company ceased production in 1958, after the studios had already been bought by the BBC. Less restrictive censorship towards the end of the 1950s encouraged B-film producer Hammer Films to embark on their series of commercially successful horror films. Beginning with adaptations of Nigel Kneale's BBC science fiction serials ""The Quatermass Experiment"" (1955) and ""Quatermass II"" (1957), Hammer quickly graduated to ""The Curse of Frankenstein"" (1957) and ""Dracula"" (1958), both deceptively lavish and the first gothic horror films in colour. The studio turned out numerous sequels and variants, with English"
"The first of these was ""Blood and Roses"" (1960) by Roger Vadim. More explicit lesbian content was provided in Hammer Studios Karnstein trilogy. The first of these, ""The Vampire Lovers"", (1970), starring Ingrid Pitt and Madeleine Smith, was a relatively straightforward re-telling of LeFanu's novella, but with more overt violence and sexuality. Later films in this subgenre such as ""Vampyres"" (1974) became even more explicit in their depiction of sex, nudity and violence. Beginning with the absurd ""Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein"" (1948) the vampire film has often been the subject of comedy. ""The Fearless Vampire Killers"" (1967) by Academy"
"from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the USA as a double-bill with ""The Vampire Lovers"", and from Carlton in the UK in a box set with ""Twins of Evil"" and ""Vampire Circus"". Synapse released a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack in the U.S. in 2014, which featured a new high-definition transfer. Countess Dracula Countess Dracula is a 1971 British Hammer horror film based on the legends surrounding the ""Blood Countess"" Elizabeth Báthory. The film was produced by Alexander Paal and directed by Peter Sasdy, both Hungarian émigrés working in England. The original music score was composed by Harry Robertson. ""Countess Dracula"" was also released on"
"""The Evil of Frankenstein"", ""The Curse of the Werewolf"", ""Paranoiac"", ""Night Creatures"", ""The Phantom of the Opera""-on the 4-DVD set ""The Hammer Horror Series"" (ASIN: B0009X770O), which is part of MCA-Universal's ""Franchise Collection"". This set was re-released on Blu-ray on 13 September 2016. The Kiss of the Vampire The Kiss of the Vampire (also known as Kiss of Evil on American television) is a 1963 British vampire film made by the film studio Hammer Film Productions. The film was directed by Don Sharp and was written by producer Anthony Hinds, credited under his writing pseudonym John Elder. Gerald (Edward de"
"number of other horror movies on the vampire theme, including: Hammer also made a loose trilogy of films based on Sheridan Le Fanu's early vampire novella ""Carmilla"", written by newcomer Tudor Gates. They included some of the most explicit scenes of lesbianism yet seen in mainstream English-language films, along with a corresponding increase in sequences involving nudity, despite otherwise traditional Hammer design and direction. These three films are: Running alongside production of their 1960s gothic horror films, Hammer made a series of what were known as ""mini-Hitchcocks"" mostly scripted by Jimmy Sangster, and directed by Freddie Francis and Seth Holt."
"vampire, whose blood-sucking methods include the use of S&M sex. Believing that they have killed her, the group return to Great Britain, unaware that their friend is now a vampire. Shooting took place in part in Greece and Cyprus. Money ran out during production causing filming to halt in the spring of 1969; it resumed later on. This involved writing of new scenes with new actors and a new director. Robert Hartford-Davis, the original director, subsequently disowned the movie. Incense for the Damned Incense for the Damned (also released as Bloodsuckers, Freedom Seeker and Doctors Wear Scarlet) is a 1970"
"in colour"". Other British companies contributed to a boom in horror film production in the United Kingdom in the 1960s and 1970s. In television, the anthology series ""The Twilight Zone"" (1959-1964) has become a staple in horror fiction. Each episode presents a standalone story in which characters find themselves dealing with often disturbing or unusual events, an experience described as entering ""the Twilight Zone"". Although predominantly science-fiction, the show's paranormal and Kafkaesque events leaned the show towards fantasy and horror. The phrase “twilight zone,” is used today to describe surreal experiences. Released in May 1960, the British psychological thriller film,"
"of successful films like Roman Polanski's ""Rosemary's Baby"" (1968), the studio struggled to maintain its place in the market. It responded by bringing in new writers and directors, testing new characters, and attempting to rejuvenate their vampire and Frankenstein films with new approaches to familiar material. While the studio remained true to previous period settings in their 1971 release ""Vampire Circus"", their ""Dracula AD 1972"" and ""The Satanic Rites of Dracula"", for example, abandon period settings in pursuit of a modern-day setting and ""swinging London"" feel. These films were not successful, and drew fire not only from critics, but from"
"horror movies of the 1950s and 1960s, many of them for Hammer Films. These include ""Corridors of Blood"" (1958), ""The Hound of the Baskervilles"" (1959), ""The Man Who Could Cheat Death"" (1959), ""The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll"" (1960), ""Devil Doll"" (1963), and ""The Black Torment"" (1964). His last film appearance was in ""The Three Musketeers"" (1973). His television appearances include ""The Avengers"", ""Maigret"", ""Richard the Lionheart"", ""Danger Man"", ""Doctor Who"", ""The Saint"", ""Rookery Nook"", ""Paul Temple"", ""Dixon of Dock Green"", ""The Tomorrow People"", and the miniseries ""Jesus of Nazareth"". Francis de Wolff Francis de Wolff (7 January 1913 –"
"Carnival Films Carnival Films is a British television production company based in London, UK, founded in 1978. It has produced television series for all the major UK networks including the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, and Sky, as well as international broadcasters including PBS, A&E, HBO and NBC. Productions include single dramas, long-running television dramas, feature films, and stage productions. Carnival Films was founded in 1978 by feature film producer Brian Eastman. As of 2014 Carnival has produced over 500 hours of drama and comedy for television, cinema and stage. This included 70 hours of ""Agatha Christie's Poirot"" starring David Suchet"
"The Karnstein Trilogy The Karnstein Trilogy of vampire films were produced by Hammer Films, and were notable at the time for being somewhat daring in explicitly depicting lesbian themes. All three films were scripted by Tudor Gates. They are related by vampires of the noble Karnstein family, and their seat Castle Karnstein near the town of Karnstein in Styria, Austria. The films in the trilogy are: A planned fourth film in the series, variously announced as ""Vampire Virgins"" and ""Vampire Hunters"", never went beyond the early draft stage. However, the 1974 film ""Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter"" features a female"
"The Kiss of the Vampire The Kiss of the Vampire (also known as Kiss of Evil on American television) is a 1963 British vampire film made by the film studio Hammer Film Productions. The film was directed by Don Sharp and was written by producer Anthony Hinds, credited under his writing pseudonym John Elder. Gerald (Edward de Souza) and Marianne Harcourt (Jennifer Daniel), are a honeymooning couple in early 20th-century Bavaria who become caught up in a vampire cult led by Dr. Ravna (Noel Willman) and his two children Carl (Barry Warren) and Sabena (Jacquie Wallis). The cult abducts Marianne,"
"teeth, believable gore, and—save for a very lurid ending (not for the kiddies)—a lot of pace, a certain sense of subtlety and a definite, consistent style."" An 'updated' novelization by Mark Morris was published in 2012. Vampire Circus Vampire Circus is a 1972 British horror film, directed by Robert Young. It was written by Judson Kinberg, and produced by Wilbur Stark and Michael Carreras (who was uncredited) for Hammer Film Productions. It features Adrienne Corri, Thorley Walters and Anthony Higgins (billed as Anthony Corlan). The story concerns a travelling circus, the vampiric artists of which prey on the children of"
"Larraz and producer Brian Smedley-Aston, interviews with stars Marianne Morris and Anulka, the international trailer, and the U.S. trailer. A remake, also called ""Vampyres"", was directed by Víctor Matellano and released in 2015. Vampyres (film) Vampyres is a 1974 British erotic/lesbian vampire horror film directed by José Ramón Larraz. It was filmed on location in England. Two beautiful women, Fran (Marianne Morris) and Miriam (Anulka Dziubinska) roam the English countryside. They lure unsuspecting men to their estate for orgies of sex and blood. But when an innocent young couple John and Harriett (Brian Deacon and Sally Faulkner) stumble into the"
"That's Entertainment Records in the UK and Ireland in 1990 and then on Jay Records on cd in Europe in 2000. The Company of Wolves The Company of Wolves is a 1984 British Gothic fantasy-horror film directed by Neil Jordan and starring Sarah Patterson, Angela Lansbury, Stephen Rea and David Warner. It was written by Angela Carter and Jordan. The film is based on the werewolf story of the same name in Angela Carter's 1979 short story collection ""The Bloody Chamber"". Carter herself co-wrote the screenplay with Jordan, based on her own short story and her earlier adaptation of ""The"
"were taken seriously at the time, in comparison to the trademark camp appeal of their later works. In a 2013 retrospective for ""The Guardian"", Michael Newton wrote:Shot in Eastmancolor, the first batch of Hammer Horror movies – Terence Fisher's ""The Curse of Frankenstein"" (1957), ""Dracula"" (1958) and ""The Mummy"" (1959) – are among the loveliest-looking British films of the decade... The early Hammer films offer a last gasp of British romanticism, the solid sets drenched in a soft brilliance of shadows, of greys, reds and blues; when these films stray into the far woods, it's always autumn there, never spring."
"the one that inspired him to enter the horror film genre in 1961, resulting in his highly acclaimed ""The Awful Dr. Orloff"". The Brides of Dracula The Brides of Dracula is a 1960 British horror film made by Hammer Film Productions. Directed by Terence Fisher, the film stars Peter Cushing, David Peel, Freda Jackson, Yvonne Monlaur, Andrée Melly, and Martita Hunt. The film is a sequel to Hammer's original ""Dracula"" (US: ""Horror of Dracula"") (1958), though the vampires possess abilities denied to vampires in the previous film, much like those in the original novel. Alternative working titles were Dracula 2"
"have made of Gates' reasonably literate draft."" However, ""The Hammer Vampire: British Cult Cinema"" by Bruce G Hallenbeck, says that ""there is much to recommend it. I think it was a very good script,"" Tudor Gates told me (Hallenbeck), ""I think, in a way, it was the better of the first two"", with Hallenbeck noting that Gothic atmosphere is ""ably evoked"". Lust for a Vampire Lust For a Vampire (also known as Love for a Vampire or To Love a Vampire (the latter title was used on American television)) is a 1971 British Hammer Horror film directed by Jimmy Sangster,"
"These low-budget suspense thrillers, often in black-and-white, were made in the mould of ""Les Diaboliques"" (1955), although more often compared to the later ""Psycho"". This series of mystery thrillers, which all had twist endings, comprised: During their most successful period Hammer produced other, non-horror films, including: On 29 May 1968, Hammer was awarded the Queen's Award to Industry in recognition of their contribution to the British economy. The presentation ceremony took place on the steps of the Castle Dracula set at Pinewood Studios, during the filming of ""Dracula Has Risen from the Grave"". In the late 1960s, with the release"
"ultimately disappoints as Hammer horror."" As of 2018, ""The Witches"" currently holds a three star rating (5.9/10) on IMDb and 50% maximum approval on Rotten Tomatoes. The Witches (1966 film) The Witches (US: ""The Devil's Own"") is a 1966 British horror film made by Hammer Films. It was adapted by Nigel Kneale from the novel ""The Devil's Own"" by Norah Lofts, published under the pseudonym Peter Curtis. It was directed by Cyril Frankel and starred Joan Fontaine (in her final feature-film performance), Alec McCowen, Kay Walsh, Ann Bell, Ingrid Boulting (billed as Ingrid Brett) and Gwen Ffrangcon Davies. The film"
"well-choreographed kick"". Andrew Mackenzie of Beyond Hollywood wrote that ""The Witches Hammer"" ""exists only as an example of the terrible things that happen when filmmakers are heavily influenced by Hollywood."" Rees Savidis of JoBlo.com rated the film 1.5/4 stars and called it amateurish and muddled. David Johnson of DVD Verdict called it ""an achingly abysmal exercise in vampire action-horror"". The Witches Hammer The Witches Hammer is a 2006 low budget English action/horror film written and directed by James Eaves, produced by British production company Amber Pictures, and starring Stephanie Beacham and Claudia Coulter with George Anton as an antagonistic vampire."
"they had once done with ""PC 49"" and ""Dick Barton"". In the latter part of the 1970s, Hammer made fewer films, and attempts were made to break away from the then-unfashionable gothic horror films on which the studio had built its reputation. Both ""The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires"" (1974), a co-production with Hong Kong's Shaw Brothers which attempted to combine Hammer's brand of horror with the martial arts film, and ""To the Devil a Daughter"" (1976), their third adaptation of a Dennis Wheatley novel, were quite successful at the UK box office, but Hammer were unable to capitalise"
"(1958). The producers hired Jimmy Sangster, writer of both those movies, to do the screenplay. Shooting took four weeks. ""Blood of the Vampire"" was distributed in the UK by Eros Films and in the USA by Universal International. Posters for ""Blood of the Vampire"" indicate that it was considered an adults-only film in France and the UK at the time of its release. French posters note that viewing by people under age 16 was prohibited and UK posters show that the film carried an X Certificate from the British Board of Film Censors, which prohibited the exhibition of the movie"
"a script by Donne Avenell (based on the John Burke novelization). The cover of issue 2 featured a painting by Brian Lewis of the Baron being attacked by his creation. The Curse of Frankenstein The Curse of Frankenstein is a 1957 British horror film by Hammer Film Productions, loosely based on the novel ""Frankenstein"" (1818) by Mary Shelley. It was Hammer's first colour horror film, and the first of their Frankenstein series. Its worldwide success led to several sequels, and the studio's new versions of ""Dracula"" (1958) and ""The Mummy"" (1959), and established ""Hammer Horror"" as a distinctive brand of"
"Vampire Circus Vampire Circus is a 1972 British horror film, directed by Robert Young. It was written by Judson Kinberg, and produced by Wilbur Stark and Michael Carreras (who was uncredited) for Hammer Film Productions. It features Adrienne Corri, Thorley Walters and Anthony Higgins (billed as Anthony Corlan). The story concerns a travelling circus, the vampiric artists of which prey on the children of a 19th-century Serbian village. It was filmed at Pinewood Studios. One evening near the small Serbian village of Stetl, early in the nineteenth century, schoolmaster Albert Müller witnesses his wife Anna taking a little girl, Jenny"
"Tigon British Film Productions Tigon British Film Productions or Tigon was a film production and distribution company, founded by Tony Tenser in 1966. It is best remembered for its horror films, particularly ""Witchfinder General"" (directed by Michael Reeves, 1968) and ""The Blood on Satan's Claw"" (directed by Piers Haggard, 1971). Other Tigon films include ""The Creeping Flesh"", ""The Sorcerers"" and ""Doomwatch"" (1972), based on the TV series of the same name. A 1990s book by Andy Boot (""Fragments of Fear"") highlighted the importance of Tigon and Tony Tenser to the British horror genre but contained a number of factual errors,"